Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/dindgel-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Georgian-Zan

Noun

*dindg-el-

1. propolis, black beeswax

Descendants

• Georgian: დინდგელი (dindgeli), ბინდგელა (bindgela) — Imereti, დინგლი (dingli), ძინძგელი (ʒinʒgeli) — Mtiuleti, დინდგილა (dindgila) — Guria
  • → Bats: დიჼდგლაჸო̂ (dĩdglaʾô)
  • → Mingrelian: დინდგილი (dindgili)
  • → Ossetian: джимджела (ǵimǵela)
  • → Svan: დჷნდგელაი (dəndgelai), დინდგჷლ (dindgəl)
• Zan: *dindgu ~ *dundga
  • Laz: დინდგუ (dindgu), დუნდგა (dundga)
  • Mingrelian: დგვინდგვი (dgvindgvi), დგვინდგუ (dgvindgu)
    • →⇒ Svan: დინდგუ̂ილდ (dindgûild), დინდგუ̂ (dindgû), დუ̂ინდგ (dûindg), დგუ̂ინდგუ̂ (dgûindgû)

See also

• *c₁wil-

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 41
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 173–174
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 133–134